The Forgotten Historical Site

Dongdaemun,,

Dongdaemun market ?
Nooo, even though the market is an interesting place to visit in Korea, and
also nominated as a popular shopping and
tourist destination. Today we are not going to talk about the
market.

There is a part which
is often overlooked by writers and traveler.

It's the Dongdaemun
itself.

This can be proven by
the time you write down Dongdaemun on a quite famous search engine ( initialed
with G), the topmost result is the Dongdaemun Market. I'm not blaming the
search engine but as we know the search result is sorted by
the amount of people who have searched with that keyword on the
search engine.

I just feel concerned
about human being's lifestyle nowadays. Shopaholic has been endemic through all
around the world.

In fact this wall is
very important during Joseon Dinasty. It surrounded Seoul so it was really
useful to reduce risk of war with neighboring countries. Sadly,now it is not
considered as a VIP ( Very Important Place) Hahaha. Whereas this wall is quite
beautiful with some oriental work on it.

Dongdaemun Gate

Oriental Curve on the Gate

Note : I'm not assuming
all of the people isn't concerned about historical place. I'm just trying
to foster public awareness of concern for historic sites.